Generally, when adding a new feature to the app, the steps to do perform the tasks can be summarized as follow:
- Understand the requirements and separate responbilities: what needs to go in Redux and what needs to go in React
- Try to split the problem in smaller problems. The smaller the problem, the easier to solve. Keep a reasonable size for a problem to be solved
- Figure out the Types of the data you'll need. Write types and interfaces in the types.ts
- Imagine the Redux structure of the data and create getters and setters for it
- If async operations are required, creates the saga in combination with Redux actions
- Build the necessary user interface consuming the Redux data structure
- Split the user interface into reusable components whenever possible
- Write unit tests
At this point you should iterate over the last steps and do the following:
- Refine the behaviour each time
- Understand what logic is reusable and goes in a helper
- Refine the types: it's not trivial to figure out exactly what are the exact types your module will need at the beginning
Note: it is strongly suggested to commit and push frequently.
It's a good practice to commit and push your changes frequently.
Pre-commit and pre-push git hooks have been setup to help identify and catch issues locally ahead of time; changes breaking tests won't be allowed to be pushed to the remote git repo.
Additionally, a proper CI is setup using github actions.